You get all the fun of gardening plus the garden-to-table sweetness and nutrition that only comes from homegrown harvests when you cultivate your fruits and veggies.
You get all the fun of gardening plus the garden-to-table sweetness and nutrition that only comes from homegrown harvests when you cultivate your fruits and veggies. The following eight easy-to-grow edibles demonstrate how simple it is to raise and enjoy fruits and vegetables:
Read also: The Four Simple Steps To Start Vegetable Farming
1. Peppers (bell)
Bell peppers start green and turn red, orange, yellow, purple, and even chocolate brown as they mature.
Bell peppers start green and turn red, orange, yellow, purple, and even chocolate brown as they mature. They’ll still color up if you pick them early, but they won’t grow much sweeter. Learn everything you need to know about growing bell peppers at home.
Raspberries and blackberries are two of the most popular berries in the United States.
Cranberries, like blackberries and raspberries, are delicious fruits for you and your family, as well as a source of food for birds and butterflies.
Cranberries, like blackberries and raspberries, are delicious fruits for you and your family, as well as a source of food for birds and butterflies. Pruning is necessary, but nature keeps things simple as well. Learn how to grow blackberries and raspberries, as well as pruning techniques.
3. Cauliflower
Plant cabbage seed in the middle to late summer for a bumper crop in the fall.
Summer arrives far too quickly for most gardeners to start growing cool-weather cabbage from seed. Even if summer arrives before you’ve planned to sow cabbage seeds, you can still do it in the middle to late summer and have a bumper crop in the fall. Learn everything there is to know about homegrown red cabbage, including how to make kraut!
4. Cucumbers
Unless you grow them in containers, vining cucumbers take considerable space. With the addition of a trellis, your crop will remain healthier and more prolific.
Unless you grow them in containers, vining cucumbers take considerable space. With the addition of a trellis, your crop will remain healthier and more prolific. Learn how to grow cucumbers in pots and the ground for a taste of summer.
5. Garlic
Garlic can be planted in the spring, but fall planting produces larger and better crops.
Garlic can be planted in the spring, but fall planting produces larger and better crops. If the bulb-like heads of garlic aren’t exposed to enough cold weather when they’re growing, they won’t divide into cloves. Learn everything you need to know about growing great garlic at home.
6. Strawberry.
Strawberries are a tasty fruit that returns year after year.
Strawberries are a tasty fruit that returns year after year. You can select from a variety of options. Some plants send forth “runners,” which root and produce baby plants, allowing you to expand your patch for free. Learn how to cultivate delicious strawberries in your backyard.
7. Tomatoes
These heat-loving tropicals are easy to cultivate in huge decorative containers or veggie plots, whether you prefer big, meaty tomatoes or delicate cherry and grape varieties.
These heat-loving tropicals are easy to cultivate in huge decorative containers or veggie plots, whether you prefer big, meaty tomatoes or delicate cherry and grape varieties. Plant cages keep them healthy and make harvesting more convenient. To cultivate tomatoes, simply follow these simple procedures.
8. Squash and Zucchini
At the end of the spring planting season, sow zucchini and other squash seeds directly into your garden.
At the end of the spring planting season, put zucchini and other squash seeds directly into your garden. When soft-skinned squash is mature, eat it right away; thick-skinned squash can be stored for the winter.
